diff --git a/emacs/guix-emacs.el b/emacs/guix-emacs.el
index 311ab3323f..37a0bb26d3 100644
--- a/emacs/guix-emacs.el
+++ b/emacs/guix-emacs.el
@@ -28,6 +28,14 @@
 (unless (require 'guix-profiles nil t)
   (defvar guix-user-profile (expand-file-name "~/.guix-profile")))
 
+(defcustom guix-package-enable-at-startup t
+  "If non-nil, activate Emacs packages installed in a user profile.
+Set this variable to nil before requiring `guix-emacs' file to
+avoid loading autoloads of Emacs packages installed in
+`guix-user-profile'."
+  :type 'boolean
+  :group 'guix)
+
 (defcustom guix-emacs-activate-after-operation t
   "Activate Emacs packages after installing.
 If nil, do not load autoloads of the Emacs packages after
@@ -117,6 +125,10 @@ See `guix-emacs-activate-after-operation' for details."
        ;; profile will not be loaded).
        (guix-emacs-load-autoloads guix-current-profile)))
 
+(when guix-package-enable-at-startup
+  (add-to-list 'load-path (guix-emacs-directory))
+  (guix-emacs-load-autoloads))
+
 (provide 'guix-emacs)
 
 ;;; guix-emacs.el ends here
diff --git a/emacs/guix-init.el b/emacs/guix-init.el
index 1da607034f..47ced6abaa 100644
--- a/emacs/guix-init.el
+++ b/emacs/guix-init.el
@@ -1,19 +1,6 @@
 (require 'guix-autoloads)
 (require 'guix-emacs)
 
-(defcustom guix-package-enable-at-startup t
-  "If non-nil, activate Emacs packages installed in a user profile.
-Set this variable to nil before requiring `guix-init' file to
-avoid loading autoloads of Emacs packages installed in
-`guix-user-profile'."
-  :type 'boolean
-  :group 'guix)
-
-(add-to-list 'load-path (guix-emacs-directory))
-
-(when guix-package-enable-at-startup
-  (guix-emacs-load-autoloads))
-
 (add-hook 'scheme-mode-hook 'guix-devel-activate-mode-maybe)
 (add-hook 'shell-mode-hook 'guix-build-log-minor-mode-activate-maybe)